Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Prof Jing Dai's Group)

University of Nottingham Ningbo China

Business School

Nottingham University Business School China Prof. Jing Dai’s research team is seeking outstanding Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join the postdoctoral research station in business administration for the development of University of Nottingham Ningbo China research agenda.

Your Responsibility

Your key responsibilities include:

• To formulate and articulate research objectives, alongside developing proposals for both individual and collaborative projects, utilizing established methodologies and techniques to execute research effectively within the specified area;
• To analyze data meticulously, interpret findings, evaluate scholarly texts, and contribute innovative insights, while adhering to project deadlines and collaborating seamlessly with team members and partners;
• To write up research work for publication and/or contribute to the dissemination at national/international conferences, resulting in successful research outputs;
• To identify opportunities and assist in writing bids for research grant applications;
• To build relationships with both internal and external contacts in order to exchange information, to form relationships for future collaborations and identify potential sources of funds and/or opportunities for collaboration.

About You

• The candidate must have obtained a PhD degree within 3 years and in the relevant areas being recruited to;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English, including the ability to communicate with clarity on complex information. Excellent communication skills in Chinese is a plus.
• High analytical ability to analyse and illuminate data, interprets reports, evaluate and criticise texts and bring new insights.
• Ability to creatively apply relevant research approaches, models, techniques and methods.
• Ability to assess and organise resource requirements and deploy effectively.
• Ability to build relationships and collaborate with others, both internally and externally.
• Some practical experience of applying the specialist skills and approaches and techniques required for the role.

About Us

Join a unique British University in China. Join a unique British University in China. University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) was the first Sino-foreign university to open its doors in China. Located in Ningbo, this award winning campus offering a UK-style education has grown to establish a student body of over 9,000 in just 20 years.

About Postdoctoral research station in Business Administration. Postdoctoral research station in Business Administration was approved to establish in Nov 2023. It is UNNC’s first postdoctoral research station, and its founding deeply aligns with the national strategic needs in promoting talent cultivation and innovation as well as that of UNNC. UNNC’s undergraduate programme of Business Administration was launched in 2004 and the doctoral programme in 2009. The subject has been listed among the world’s top academic subjects by Shanghai Ranking for four consecutive years. The discipline of Business Administration has also established teaching and research platforms at multiple levels and carried out in-depth industry university research cooperation with world renowned enterprises such as Microsoft and Amazon. In the future, UNNC will incorporate the development of the postdoctoral research station into the agenda of the university to provide talent support in efforts to promote scientific and technological innovation as well as economic and social development.

About the Research Team. Professor Jing Dai, Professor in Operations Management, Director of Center for Responsible Business and Innovation (CRBI) and Co-Programme Director of MIT SCALE Nottingham Ningbo Masters in Supply Chain Management. Her research interest is in the fields of Green Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Digitalization and Sustainability. Professor Dai has published more than 30 articles in leading journals and received the 2012 Best Paper Award in the Journal of Operations Management.  She was awarded NSFC Grants as principal investigator and appointed as the Expert of the Municipal Supply Chain Innovation and Applications Committee. Professor Dai serves as Associate Editor in the ABS level 4 journals, including Journal of Supply Chain Management and International Journal of Operations & Production Management, and Editorial Board Member in the Journal of Operations Management, and International Journal of Production Economics, and Guest Editor in the International Journal of Production Economics and Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review. For details of the PI, please refer to the link: https://research.nottingham.edu.cn/en/persons/jing-dai  

About the Project. With the recent advent of digital technologies (e.g., artificial intelligence, blockchain, and big data analytics), digitalization has emerged as a critical technical factor that might have a profound impact on firms’ environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance. This project seeks to examine how digitalization impacts on firms’ ESG performance and the contingency factors that shape this effect. Moreover, considering that focal firms are intertwined with their supply chain partners, this project will investigate the spillover effect of focal firms’ digitalization on the ESG performance of their suppliers and customers. We intend to compile a diverse and unique dataset and will employ multiple empirical research methods, including econometric methods (e.g., panel data estimation method and difference-in-differences identification) and text mining methods to investigate the research questions. The expected duration of this project is 2 years. Our expected deliverables include conference papers, academic papers, research grant applications, teaching cases, and others.

Your Remuneration, Benefits and Support

You will be offered a fixed term contract initially with University of Nottingham Ningbo China for 2 years with a probation of 2 months. You will be offered an annual salary package of RMB267,233 with competitive benefits package. Postdoctoral Research Fellow is also able to apply RMB50,000 research funding after starting your research.

How to Apply

Applicants should submit an application via our on-line application system before January 5, 2025. Only on-line applications will be accepted. Referees will be contacted prior to interview and interviews will take place in Ningbo China. 

Applications should include but are not limited to the following:

• A cover letter
• An up-to-update CV includes academic and research achievement list
• A Research proposal

Enquiries

Informal enquiries regarding the research project may be addressed to Prof. Jing Dai Jing.Dai@nottingham.edu.cn.

If you are unable to apply on-line please contact the Human Resources Office, Tel: 86 574 88180000 (Ext. 8854).